Thank you very much. Merci beaucoup, monsieur le président.
Thank you very much to all the witnesses who've come here today on very short notice. We really appreciate your taking the time and arranging your schedules to make it possible to be here. I know there were others who were also invited who couldn't come this soon, but I hope we'll have a chance to hear from them in the future.
The first thing I'd like to ask each of you is, what, if any, consultations or meetings have you had with the minister or her staff in terms of these issues, in advance of the cuts that were made in September? What consultations took place that you're aware of?